Overall garment



R. E. LEE

OVERALL GARMENT June 18, 1929.

Filed April 1928 I y 6 LL11! IHJJLIUJJMMH Patented June 18,1929. F i iUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

"RALPH E. LEE, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGN'OR TO THE E. V.BENJAMIN COMPANY, INC., TRADING AS MAGINNIS COTTON MILLS, OF NEWORLEANS, LOUISI- ANA, A CORPORATION OF LOUISIANA.

OVERALL GARMENT.

Application filcdnpril 5, 1928. SerialNo. 267,650. 7 The inventionrelates to new and useful imoverall garment consisting of a body portion55 provements in garments, and more partlcu- 1, having a waist band 2.Extending diagolarly to the pocket construction of an Overall nally fromthe waist band 2 to the side garment. seam 3 ofthe overall is a pocketopening,

- An object of the invention is to provide a which liesalong the linewzr ofv Fig. 1. At

construction of pocket for an overall garment the pocket opening theouter section 4 of so which is very strong and well supported, and thebody of the overall overlies the inner secwherein the edges of the bodyportion of the tion 5 of the overall. The pocket is indicated garmentatthe pocket opening and also the at 6 and includes an inner section 7and an 10 edges of the pocket are inturned and conouter section 8. Thepocket material is prefcealed in the seam joining the pocket to theerably folded so that the inner section is 65 garment. joined to theouter section of the pocket from In the drawings, Figure 1 is a frontview the point a to the point 6 by a folding of the of a portion of anoverall garment having the material, thus forming an integralconnecimprovement embodied therein. tion. From the point Z) to the point0 the Fig. 2 is a sectional view, more or less dlafabric sectionsforming the pocket are joined 70 grammatic, on the line 22 of F 1g. 1.by edge covering stitches, and may also be The invention is directed toa pocket conjoined by through and through stitches. struction for anoverall garment, and more From the point a to the point (Z the pocket isparticularly to the construction of the side secured to the waist band 2by the lines of pockets ofthe garment. The body portion stitching alongthe bottom portion of the 75 of the garment is provided with a pocketwaist band. F rom the point 0 to the point 6 opening at each sidethereof running diagthe pocket is secured to the side seam by the onallyfrom the waist band to the side seams lines of stitching forming thesame. i

of the leg portion of the'overall. The sec- The outer section 8 of thepocket extends tions of the garment .forming the pocket :into a hem fold9 in the outer section 4- of the 80 opening overlap. The pocket includesfront overall, and is secured therein by parallel and rear sectionswhich are joined to the lines of stitching 10,10. 'This makes a veryinner and bottom portions of the pocket. nice finish for the pocket and,not only con- The upper portion of the pocket is secured ceals the edgeof the pocket section, but the by the seam at the lower side of thewaist hemmed portion of the fabric sections to 235 band and the side ofthe pocket at the lower which the pocket section is stitched, extendsend of the opening is secured by the stitches up to and is stitched tothe waist band, and, at the side seam of the overall. The fronttherefore, this makes a very durable support section of the pocket atthe opening extends for the outer section of the fabric. The inner intoan inturned hem fold in the body fabric section 5 of the overall has itsedge portion and is concealed within said hem fold. The along the pocketopening infolded at 12. rear section of the pocket at the pocket open-These two fabric portions are joined by ing has its raw'edge inturnedand joined to lines of stitching 13,13 which are parallel and 40 therear portion of the body of the overall, which pass through the infoldedportions of the edge of which is also inturned, by two the fabricsections, thus firmly securing the parallel lines of stitching. Theinvention is two sections together. The inturning of the particularlydirected to the construction of pocket section and the inturning of thefabric the pocket which joins the inner section of section and stitchingthrough the same form 45 the pocket to the body portion along the ribstructures which extend all along the pocket opening. By inturning theedge porpocket opening and into the waist bandseam tions and stitchingthrough said inturned at theupper end and into the side seam at portionsby parallel lines of stitching a very the lower end. By thisconstruction the raw strong and durable supportis made for the edges ofthe material forming the garment 50 pocket and the edges of the materialare conand the pocket section are concealed, and a cealed from view bothat the pocket entrance very strong support for the pocket is proand onthe inside of the garment. vided.

Referring more in detail to the drawings: It is well known thatmechanics often place The invention is shown as applied to an heavytools and the like which they are using in the side pockets of theoverall garment, which subjects the pocket to heavy strains. By myimproved construction, however, the

pocket is so Well supported that the support does not give away to thisexcessive loading of the pocket.

It will be understood, of course, that minor changes in the details ofconstruction and arrangement of the parts may be made Without departingfrom the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claim.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

An overall garment comprising a body portion having side pocket openingsextending diagonally from the Waist band of the overall to the side seamof the same, a pocket including inner and outer sections joined alongtheir inner edges, said outer section extending into and secured by ahem fold in the outer fabric section at the pocket opening and saidinner section of said pocket having its edge inturned and placed againstthe inner face of the inner fabric section at the pocket opening, saidedge of the inner fabric section being inturned and secured to thepocket section by parallel lines of stitching passing through theinturned edge portion of the overall and the int-urned edge portion ofthe pocket, said hem fold in the outer fabric section and said int'urnededge of the inner fabric section extending into and secured by the Waistband seam at their upper ends and into and secured by the side seam attheir lower ends. V

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

R. E. LEE

